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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-15
CHAPTER XXIV.
CONCLUSION.

Warren and Helen spoke but Few
words on the drive. They both felt
that it was a drive to the scene of
death. and both were uttering silent
prayers for strength to bear up under
the coming trial.
The old farm house is i'm sight. Rose
stands at the gate looking patiently
down the long road. She evinces no sur
prise at seeing her brother and Helen.
Her face shows traces of weeping.
The father meets them at the door.
No word is spoken. but they are con-
Quoted at once to the chamber of
death.
Mrs. Stuart arises from the bed where
size has just completed the sad task of
Strengthening out the little limbs and
closing those eyelids forever.
The hired girl pauses by the bedside,
and gazes for moment on the sweet
face of her little dead brother. There
is smile upon his face, and Mrs.
Stuart says the last words he uttered
were: YES. mother. l GOMEZ GOMEZ
Tears again flow down Helen's check;
they were not the tears of despair, but
sadness and JOY.
He suffers no longer. He had gone
20 the world of eternal peace and
youth He was now in the arms of his
mother. in that Celestial City not made
with hands.
Was this death? No. though we call
it death. A change is far better
term. Was this an act of Providence?
We poor. short-sighted mortals are apt
to criticise the acts of Almighty God.
the language of Job was in Helen 5
mind:
'.Is there not an appointed time for
man upon earth? Are not his days also
like the days of a hireling? As SER
want earnestly Sesireth the shadow, and
sas hireling looketh for the reward of
his work" job VII. LIST and I'd.
IF man die. shall he live again?
All the days of my appointed time will
! wait till my change come" Job NV.
14th.
Yes, little Amos, did live again. His
change had come. and her heart told
her it was better for him.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-15
HELEN LAKEMAN;
The Story Of q Young Girls Stru0.
gle With Adversely.
II JOHN \ NuSIcK,

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AUTHOR OF "THE BANKED OF BRDFoRA~
"WALrrR BROwNYIE1D," ETC.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-15
CHAPTER XXIH.-CoNr1NUED.

uCs,y-igu. 1855. By L. N. Kellogg Gsespap~ Gel
CHAPTER xXIH-coNr1NuED.
1--WE are now willing, your Honor"
aid Mr.. Layman, ''to risk this case
with YOU
The justice was smiling a smile
which was rather dangerous to the
prosecution.
''Well, gentlemen" he said. ''this
certainly puts new feature on the
case. shall he compelled to discharge
the defendant"
Mrs. Arnold, to her credit be it said,
arose and was first to grasp Helen's
hand and congratulate her.
.'Helen, my dear. forgive us for the
great wrong we have done YOU"
"Forgive me, Mrs. Arnold. for I. too,
have done you wrong by accusing
YOU. in my mind, of knowingly perse-
cutting me-"
Il think that We all owe me forgive
ness. or a good kickin'. I'm not sartain
which, said Pete. lighting his pipe.
lit seems it all grew out o. one Of my
rblunders. But l kin now sell We cal
icos. linens and worstetls goods cheap
enough to make amends fur it ALL
At this moment Clarence burst into
the room.
..Squirer' he cried. "this girl must
60 to our house. Her brother is dy-
ing
'.She is at liberty to go where she
pleases. She is discharged" said the
justice.
'Let me take her." said Warren.
Warren! What, are You here?'
.cried Clarence. ''Great goodness! but
this is lucky"
did you bring your horse and
buggy"
"Yes."
Warren then spoke a word 70 Helen.
whose pale face grew sad. She took
his arm, and they left the court room.
All defiance lief: the face of Halle Ar
mold as she saw Helen led triumphantly
away by Warren Stuart.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09
FORGIVENESS.

She had been brought up in one Of those
families that live shut up in themselves
and that always seem out of the way of
everything. They know nothing about
political events, Notwithstanding they
talk about them at table; for them
changes in the government are matters
which take place at such a distance, that
they can only be spoken of as historical
facts-like the death of Louis XVI, or the
disembarking of Napoleon.
The Sayignols married their daughter
Berthe at the age Of is. She married q
youpg man from Paris, named Georges
Baron, who was connected with the Ex-
change. He was a handsome fellow,
talked well, had an exterior manner in all
respects calculated to inspire confidence;
but within himself, he made fun Of his old
fashioned parents-in-law, whom he spoke
of to his friends as 'My dear fossils"
He hel5nged to a good family; and his
young wife was rich, He took her to
Paris 10 live.
Then she became one of that peculiar
provincial class so numerous in the me-
tropols She remained totally ignorant
of tie great city--ignorant of its fashion
able society, its pleasures and its ways
just as she had always remained ignorant
of life and its perfidies and its mysteries.
Always shut up in her own household,
she knew little of any street except her
own, and if she ever ventured into another
quarter it seemed to her like long voyage
to some foreign and unfamiliar city She
would say, in the evening:
81 crossed the boulevards today.n
Two or three times year her husband
took her to the theatre These rare
amusements were great events for her,
which She never forgot the impression of,
and was always talking about.
Sometimes three months afterward she
would suddenly burst ont laughing at
table, and cry out:
''Don't you remember that actor in the
generals uniform wno cIowed like q
cocl?"
All her acquaintarces were limited to
two families distanily related to her own,
and these two families represented all she
| knew of humanity. She always spoke OF
them as ''the Martinets" and "the
Michelints.n -
Her. husband lived as he pleased
coming home just when it suited him,
sometimes at daylight, always with the
pretext OF having been very busy; never
bothering himself much, however, to flnd
EXCUSES, so certain did he feel that no sus
picion could ever enter the candid mind o.
his wife.
But one morning she received an anony
mons letter.
She remained for the moment thunder
struck, being too upright of heart to com
prehend the infamy Of denunciations, Il
despise the missive whose author pretend
ed to be inspired by wish for her happi
ness, by the hatred of evil, and by th'
love of truth.
1t was thus revealed to her that he
husband had for two years been intimate
with a young widow, Nine. Rosset, ant
used to pass all his evenings with her.
She did not know how TO dissimulate
or to feign, or to spy, or to lay plans
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09


my intintion, sir, :" sez George, ''is to
make Miss Bashford my wife, if she will
houor me by acciptin' my hand-with
your free consint, l hope, but with or
without it,"
"An' what do you say, Miss-Miss
Cherrys'
'oi, sirr' sez she, an She gript his
hand, 81 won't stand betune father an
son, but'-an' thin she fell to cryin'
an so did 1.
'It strikes me-" said the ovid man,
''that you'd better wait to talk about
marryin' widout me consint when you've
axed am been refused, - sez he, jus so,
II do AK ye, SIR sez George, but he
spoke kind o. dazed.
''Ax Miss Cherry sez the ovid man,
Gan av she sez yes, SO will l, Yer bor-
ryin' trouble, young man, which We can do
S,iey at amy time widout interest y
Thin there Asus e time
didn't larn the rights of IL thin, but
did after. The ovid man had been dead
in love wild Cherry's mother whin she
was a gerril an she cast him Off am mar
ried Cyrus Bashford, who was no good,
AM he spint her money an kilt himself
wild the drink Bit by bit they wint down,
until his WILDLY died an left Cherry to
take care of herself, an well she did it.
How they two young ones got acquainted
niver got the rights of-sure l couldn't
be pollin' an prayin'. Anyhow they
got married an l was at the weddin',
among all the rich folks, in a new gown,
though l stud in the back, as bekem me
whin among the quality.
Well the week after the weddin' an
they off to spind ther time abroad, wint
into the buildin' here wild my basket, and
what should see but this beautiful stand
heaped wild apples an paynuts and can
dies; and my heart fell, for l said,
.'There's an ind o. my business here. u
The janitor sez to me, sez he eyer for
hidden to go inter the room there wild yer
basket,' sez he. s'I amp sez l. "Who
sez soS'' 'sMr. Gaskell, y sez he, ''This
/. stand IS yours, an all that's in it," sez
I he, am yer to keep on yer own premises. T"
An, with that ovid Mr. Gaskell KEN
out AM spoke up; tYis, Mrs. McAvoy,
an don't be daymoralizin' my olarks, y
sez he. "God bless you, sir" sez l, '>an'
may the heavens be yer best feather bedP'
am I've been here ever since, sir, an
that's the whole story. Bad seran to yer,
We little rascal of newsb'y, are ye striv-
in to stale the paynuts? Cit OUT
Thomas Dunn English in New York Mer-
curry
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09
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A firm on John streGE 5I5a =
most brilliant and beautifuI diamonds I
have seen in long time They were
once the property OF that famous Isabella,
queen Of Spain. They are called the violet
diamonds In the store they looked the
steely blue white that fine diamonds
ought to be, but taken TO the door they
were really distinct violet They are
unset at present, but used to be pair OF
ear drops. In the exhibition was a watch
of ancient make, which has a movable
tableau upon it. Cupid !: sharpening ht'
arrows II me forge or vulcan, wnne
Venus and other NEUROLOGICAL celebrities
look on. When the watch is wound the
god at the bellows begins to pump, Vul-
can at the anvil strikes it, tiny chain
that looks like running water runs over a
wheel to initiate cascade, while Venus
mans her arm and Cupid brandishes bow.
The workmanship is extremely fine and
the little watch is very valuable. Among
the articles formerly belonging to Isabella
is collection Of different colored dia-
monds. There are black, amber colored,
pink, sanguiuary red ones almost like
pebies, gray otes and the famous violet
pair The old lady had a great fancy for
jewelry. AS many as a dozen sets of diff
ferent settings are in the hands Of this
firm for sale.-Clara Bellies Letter
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09
DELAWARE CITY. SATURDAY. JULY 9. 1887

lamp, reading the same book, consulting
each other with their eyes at the end Of
each page.
And her heart, swollen with indigna-
tion, bruised with suffering, sank in q
hmitless despair.
Footsteps approached; she fled and
locked herself up in her own room.
A little while after her husband called
hers
"Come quick Nine. Rosset is dying, p
Berthe appeared at her door, and said,
with white and trembling lips
''Go back alone to herl--she has no
need of mei
He stared at her wildly, half crazed by
grief, and repeated:
"Quickl quick l-she is dyingn
Berthe replied
"You would be better pleased if IL were
me-"
Then, perhaps, he understood, and went
back alone to the chamber Of the dying
woman
He wept for her without discrimination,
without shame-indifferen to the grief Of
his wife, who no longer spoke to him or
looked at him, and lived alone with her
disgust for him in dumb anger-praying
morning and night to God.
Z. Nevertheless they still lived together,
ate together at the same table-in silence
and despair.
Gradually his grief calmed down, but
she did not forgive him.
And SO life went on--terribly unhappy
for both of them.
For one year they remained as COM
pietely strangers to each other as II they
had never met. Berthe almost went mad.
Then one morning she left the house at
dawn, and returned abont s . clock, car
rying in both hands an enormous bouquet
OF roses-white roses--all white.
And she sent word to har husband that
she desired to speak to him.
He came, feeling anxious, uneasy.
She said to him:
''We are going out 'togethe. Please
carry these flowers; they are too heavy
for me.n
He took the bouquet and followed his
wife.
A carriage was waiting for them; 1t
started Immediately they had taken their
seats.
She stopped at the gate of the ceme-
terry Then Berthe, whose eyes filled
with tears, said to Georges; ''Take me to
her tomb.n He trembled without know
ing why, and walked on before her, still
carrying the flowers in his arms. Finally
he stopped before a white marble and des-
Then Size took Che great bouquet from
him, and, kneeling down, laid it at the
foot of the grave. Then she prayed for a
little while-prayed suppliantly and ST
lentlyl
Standing behind her, her husband,
haunted by memories, was weeping.
She rose up, and held out her hands to
him.
''If you wish, she said, 1--WE will be
friends. "-Translated for Times-Demo-
crat from the French of Guy de Maupas-
SAINT.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09
An apology for Armies.

The objectors to the existence Of armies
base their main argument ON the suppo-
sition that soldiers are the embodiment of
the principle of force, and imagine that If
they were got rid of reign OF peace
would ensue. Their sylloglsm is: War
is an evil; war is waged by soldiers; there
fore, If soldiers were abolished an evil
thing would go with them. But they
have first to prove that soldiers alone can
make war. On the contrary, the most
terrible end destructive invasions have
bssn those not conducted by regular
armies.
The hordes of Zenghis Khan, the bar
barians who overran the decaying Roman
empire, grown luxurious and unwarlike;
the tribes Of Central Asia, which so long
made civilization impossible, were not
regular armies, and if it be said that we
should let such people as the Kaflrs, the
zulus, the Sil1hs, the Aahrattas or the
Burmese go their own way in peace, the
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09
HOW Young oossaOks Are Trained.

A splendid idea was given of what the
hardy Cossack race really is by two
regiments, or twelve sotnias, Of boys,
about l, 400 strong, from years old up to
IA, drawn for the occasion from all the
stanitsas or settlements Of the Cossack
territory. Mounted on lean, shaggy,
native horses and WELDING huge swords,
bigger than themselves, and lances eight
Act long, tl.ey form tbs most wonderful
infant cavalry ever seen. These boys can
already ride at headiong pace, cling on
to their stirrups like monkeys and pick
up handkerchiefs from the ground as they
cafeen along. His imperial majesty, who
arrived at the saluting point at 10 o'clock
amidst tremendous cheering, was greatly
interested and amused by these Cossack
youngsters as they rode by in lines Of sot-
MAS two deep, headed by their choirs,
singing Cossack songs to the beat of tam
bourines. Their swords and lances were
found rather too unwieldy for such chill
dren, so they were taken away just before
the ride past,-Russian Cor. London
Times
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09
Man. ueiehs and Weight.

On the average child from months to Q
years grows in height about per cent. each
year. The weight Of the body goes on in
creasing to the Sth year, rising in boys to 80
poundb and in girls to 471f From the sth
year until pu srty boys increase in height IS
per cent. each year; they gain about 8 pounds
in weight per year and girls little more, so
that in the 18th year children of both sexes
weigh, on the average, about % pounds
From 13 TO 20 years youths grow some 80 per
cent and girls 20. The increase Of weight is
even more rapid than before, reaching l4A
pounds in boys 1s years old and girls Of the
came age about II pounds less. In his 40th
year man attains his maximum weight, sly
15e pounds, and then begins to lose flesh, but
women continue to grow heavier, reaching
about 10 pounds less at the 10th year, but
more than men at the 50th. Between 45 and
90 men become corpulent and womer rapidly
TOW older.-Swiss Cross.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

The gossiper of The St. Paul Pioneer
Press claims to have found new way to
test the freshness of eggs. Wipe the large
end of an egg, he says, quite clean, and
then touch the tip Of the tongue to the
central part of this big end. II the egg is
good, there will be little warm spot in
side the egg which will be plainly per-
ceptible 70 the t1Lyue
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

answer is That IL is not generals, but mer-
chants, who first interfere with them, and
the aggressive spirit which the peace
party has to put down is not that Of
soldiers, but of bagmen. 1t is somewhat
inconsistent to talk of peaceful triumphs
Of commerce, seeing that every step mad
by commerce is invariably either preceded
or followed by the use of arms. The
freedom of the ocean was gained by fehtr
ing, and the commerce Of the British en-
pire places its throne upon English 49,,
pets fArpies ass not tle nsecf ".
but Il tx ~ y anc ,Yslitct oif NJ
its mliest tsrmG.--t,oa atpr 3sury Re-A
view
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

When he came home to breakfast, she
imply threw down the letter before him,
md fed sobbing to her room He had
,lnple time to understand, to prepare his
Inewer; and, having done so, he went
Ind knocked at his wife's door. She
|pened it at once, with her eyes down,
OF daring to look at him. He smiled,
/ took her on his lap; and then in
/ gentle, half mischieyous tone, he said:
MY little darling, ID is true that
j lne ROsset is friend of mine; have
Flown her for ten years and think very
ghly Of her; and may also tell you
4latI know twenty other families whom
lhave never talked TO you about--simply
'tcause / know you don't care about So
ety and receptions and introductions,
.}d all that sort of thing But now, in
lder TO make an end of all these infa-
lous denunciations, / beg you will be
I fod enough to dress yourself Immediate
1 after breakfast, and let us make visit
kether to this young lady; am sure
\ Will become good friends right of. -
5-e hugged and kissed her husband;
Z, moved by that feminine curiosity
,ich once aroused, is not easily put to
" pagain, she did not even refuse to pay
J 1sAb 70 l1lb uuhioWn WOn1hIt Ol whom
could not help still feeling little
A picious She felt instinctively that a
ger, 1sice known, is half averted.
i)e entered a pretty little room-full of
\ ianing oddities, decorated with art-on
X fourth fror Of a fine house. After
~ sir ltess tsaitirg in drewing room
yA4sHb bd BY hangings, drapeg.ss an w,
NJ &racefully arranged, door opnned
n Y Young woman appeared--very dark,
llIn, little inclined to be stout-who
& Ii led and looked surprised
f'eorGes introduced them to each other:
Z y dy wife, Mime. Julie Rosset.n
IA be young widow uttered little cry Of
c Punishment and joy, and rushed forward
Hing out both her hands. She had
II hoped, she said, for such good for
c@e, knowing that madame never re-
'h ed visitors; but she was SO happy, so
shtedl She was SO fond of Georges
N called Georges with sisterly familiar
IN chat she had always been just crazy
~ aow his little wife, and to be fond Of
: u too
n fore month was over the two women
Id seeome inseparable friends. They saw
ia 7ther every day, often twice day,
|, ined together every evening, some
ne at one house, sometimes at the
nd IN Georges now did not absent him
&ngsn home any more-decided his
u IL-.1
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09
velooItr of the solar srstem-.

A recent computation makes tie We
locity of the solar system in space only
about 10000 900 miles a year. By diff
fereut method another computer had de-
termined the rate to be about 525,000,000
miles i'll year.--Arkansaw Traveller.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09
TOKENS.

Each day upon the yellow Nile, 'tis said,
Joseph the youthful ruler, cast forth wheat,
That haply, floating to his fathers feet
The sad old father, who believed him dead
II might be sign in Egypt there was bread;
And thus the patriarch past the desert sands
And soanl oasis fringod with thirsty green,
BE lared toWqrl the love that yeatned unseen
seat erred s-ah by what dear handsg-
~ q, fri.ifylsihlc tide
4, ti. ss4 }nas
1f7 n n I. II 81 AZ ~ ". i}i .ue.
'sditH iiiiiiisss; io.low and ind.
From Verses by Susan Coolidge,
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

hdith, le yearold daughter of Captain
Thomas Van Kirk, of the steamer "Com-
monwealth, is very i'll from an attack Of
cholera morbus
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

I'M, In she ustl'ela 2st al,.2rf Ars
tSronqsont ths i5s.l 'atts .t fce vi VA
Of tie ear3lc'd Va i'm, anl ftaely
1sll1 5olno ser.'l y w. ''''.,i sSsfse 's,s
counted sixtg.fs,.gi scores III. 5res 81
substantially hound cooks labeled .LeEz1.
US e. lsssisen se. ', ms seTSsS ~ ,sS
toons; irlInense collections q pbotos =.
graphs illustrating .escsy event in tae ca-
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

Thou didst not wait to see the shadows gather,
The calm, sweet hush that tells the day is done.
But in the heat and toll Of MONDAY, rather,
The heights were scaled, the long-fought vic
tory won. Carrie A. Spalding.
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

sez she. AM they begun to talk, am
a-elatterln' the dishes an a-droppin' the
knives so rs not TO be KNOWN to their
discoorse. But I gethered enough to
know that It's lovers they'd been, but she
he'd drapt him bekase he was rich an she
was poor; an its drapt he wouldn't be,
not be.
After that George 'ud kape comm
roun' to my room, on some raison or other,
three nights in the wake, an Il distrest
Miss Cherry Us much as it plased her.
F3g, < ssA 80 10 -ie. fs1slrs McAvoy, his
I'll her Is wnHfir him u nlari- riclsi'
" we wor to be married he would be
ruined entircly.f But I only laughed ee
that Is myself. Sure its the way with
young girls, an ispishully whin ther
ladies' bred as Miss Bashfcrd was.
An SO it Kept goin' on until wan even
in, when tier kem rap at the dure at
the time was expectin' tn see George,
an sez, ssCome inr' an Miss Cherry's
eyes frightened, am who should walk in
but the ovid gintleman, Mr.. Gaskell,
himself Owl wowl sez 10 myself. His
eyes snapped, but he was as polite as o
Ndancin master. "Aiiss fBashford,n sez
he, 81 presume" payip' no attention to
me, The mistress Of the mansion, which
WASN'T highg hgbradin'i but he stoke as soff
as a priest. She couldn't say word for
the life of her, poor girls sDuR she bowed
81 have, heard Of Georges visits here,n he
said, .Ind haye callS1 to Have raison-
able talk with you May / ask yiur
given names' sez he Cherry slr.n
sAnl ye i, Charity III ppose, giyin' a
kind o. siit'Tts eN6, sig, isshe said II
was shg;steheds Cherry, Ne siane as.a--..
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

The more the merrier, is an old saying,
but it doesn't apply to the Jersey mo-
The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09

s''ssfNSn nslq leisurey swinging his
scytl1e sFiow Is il, Z inquired the minis.
ter, that you work so leisurely, when ev-
cry one elseis in such a hurryg'
4 now according to Scripture" replied
/ which says, Let your moderation be
known to all men,
Another minister, coming along and
finding Mr.. T working might and main,
asked him why he was in such a hurry?
u now according to Scripture he re-
piled which saith Whatsoever thy hand
hndeth to do, do it with all thy might"
Mr.. Turner'S methods are not so rapid
but he gets there all the same, and no
man eats whittier bread